Five Ukrainian environmentalists will speak in Pensacola on Thursday, Sept 15 about environmental challenges in Ukraine. The group is visiting the United States on a program sponsored by the U.S. Congress and…
Category: Environment
Emerald Coastkeeper cites problems around Carpenter’s Creek
Emerald Coastkeeper Laurie Murphy has sent a letter to Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward, Pensacola City Council, Escambia County Development Services and City Inspector Bill Weeks citing the declining environmental conditions around Carpenter’s…
ECUA and BCC launch recycling facility on Aug. 22
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority Board (ECUA) and Escambia County Board of County Commissioners(BCC) will hold a kick-off ceremony to mark the opening of the ECUA’s Interim Materials Recycling Facility, or IMRF,…
FDEP and NOAA to hold meeting on $11M Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will hold a community meeting on the Pensacola Bay Living Shoreline Project. The project is…
Santa Rosa County receives Florida Forest Service grant
Santa Rosa County has been selected to receive a competitive Urban and Community Forestry Grant in the amount of $16,500 from the Florida Forest Service. The funding will be used to plant…
Orange Beach gets $15 million BP settlement
Patience paid off for the City of Orange Beach, Ala. Last Friday, the city and BP finalized $15 million settlement over its economic loss claim related to the 2010 BP oil spill….
Help Clean up Bayou Chico Saturday, June 25
The public is invited to join Escambia County Natural Resources Management’s Marine Resources and Water Quality Divisions for the Bayou Chico Trash Round-up Saturday, June 25 from 9-11:30 a.m., hosted by the…
FEMA awards $6.5 Million in Hazard Mitigation Funding to Escambia County
Escambia County has been awarded two FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program projects, or HMGP, to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural disasters, one in Lake Charlene and the…
Commissioner still looks for answers on mosquito facility remediation
In preparation for tomorrow’s Escambia County Commission meeting, PNJ reporter Will Isern presented the City of Pensacola’s case for the county to pay for the clean-up of a plume from the county’s…
Pensacola Beach Renourishment Project to begin mid-June
Following project delays over the winter months of 2015-2016, the Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) is set to begin work soon to restore and renourish 8.1 miles of Pensacola Beach shoreline. The…
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone projected to expand
The newest Dead Zone projection from Louisiana researchers shows that EPA is far short of a major goal to reduce the hypoxic zone in the Gulf. In 2001, EPA pledged to reduce…
Rolling Hills strikes out again, Judge rules in favor of FDEP
Circuit Judge John Miller has ruled that the South Palafox Properties must pay $38,000 in costs and penalties for its violations at the Rolling Hills C&D facility. The breakdown is as follows:…